faq  flatforty  contribute  subscribe  configure  search  rdf  main  parent  thread	KDE won't go away ... read more ... by ac on Wednesday 27/Oct/2004, @01:22 Well the first question you should ask is who is Novell ? A company that has done what to Linux so far ? Besides that they bought Ximian and SuSE what exactly did they do ? But anyways KDE is not going away regardless if Novell decides to go with GNOME and KDE is even more than just Evolution or some Groupwise or Mono stuff. We shouldn't ignore all the tools that people have written that makes daily life easier on KDE. I was now close up to start naming tools but this would be pointless. Most of the flames and rants or 'competition attitude' is done by people who prefer the one over the other rather than being able to explain in technical sentences why they prefer the one over the other. Most people I met so far (who mostly are the hardliners of defending their Desktop) are people who regulary count stuff like XChat, Gaim, Gimp and so on but a true Desktop shouldn't be limited on a handfull of meaningless applications. Applications that are good for one are useless for the other users. There are people like graphicans who need GIMP and there are other people who urgently need KStars, KLogo, Umbrello, Kivio do get their job done. If we look over to the multitudinousness of what KDE has to offer an applications covering nearly every area of science, education, technics, physics, mechanics, biology, school, business then comparing all the tools offered or available for GNOME we then can easily say who has his nose infront. You can't limit a Desktop on fancy icons or just because GTK is free or because it's written in C. No you need to value every aspect of a good Desktop this includes the Desktop itself, the architecture beneath it, the availability of third party applications that cover the needs of the users.	Related Links  ·   Articles on Developer  ·   Also by ac  ·   Contact author Thread Threshold: 10 comments 20 comments 30 comments 40 comments 50 comments 60 comments 70 comments 80 comments 90 comments 100 comments 110 comments 120 comments 130 comments 140 comments 150 comments 160 comments 170 comments 180 comments 190 comments 200 comments 300 comments 400 comments 500 comments 1000 comments
	The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. ( Reply ) If linux survives against windows.... by Ask on Wednesday 27/Oct/2004, @07:36 Exactly. If linux has made its presence felt in the face of killing strategy by Microsoft, so will KDE regardless of what Novell or SUSE does. KDE had a big role to play in displacing Microsoft from many a machines and rolling in Mandrake and SUSE, and if they ditch KDE only they will suffer. It is always quality that matters. I see many places where konquerer is now mentioned as a quality we browser, whereas earlier people only knew or talked about mozilla/firebird in the open source world. ASk [ Reply To This | View ] The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them. ( Reply )

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